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TOOL BOX. APPLfG'AH-QH FILED .mufja, 1920.

Patented Aug. 17 1920:

11v VENTOR & seieth M A TTOR NE? WITNESS f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH It. SMITH, OF LOS AN GELES, CALIFORNIA.

TOOL-BOX.

To all whom-it may concern Be it known that I, B. SMITH, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing inLos Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful ToolBox, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to a box adapted for holding tools and removably mounted under the seat of the driver of an automobile. 7 d

An object of the invention is to provide a tool box of this description which can be quickly removed from its position beneath the vehicle seat with the toolsin it, when it is desired to use the tools. The box when thus removed can be placed in any convenient position while the tools are being used. For example, the box may be set on the running board of the Vehicle.

Another object is to provide a construction which will prevent looseness and rat:- tling of the tool box when in place under the seat with the vehicle running.

Another object is to construct the box in such a manner that the labor and consequent expense of producing it will be comparatively slight.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the subjoined detailed description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of the vehicle with the invention installed therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tool box.

Fig. 3 is a developed view of the tool box.

The tool box is designated, in general, by the character a and comprises a vertical front wall 1, a horizontal bottom 2, an upwardly and rearwardly slanting rear wall 3, end walls 4, and a forwardly extending flange or lip 5 projecting from the upper edge of the front wall. The end walls 4 preferably terminate at their lower edges in inwardly bent flanges 6, said flanges being designed to extend beneath the ends of the bottom 2 so as to form sufliciently tight joints between the end walls and the bottom to prevent small articles, such as screws, from escaping from the box. The box may be made from a single piece of material as clearly shown in Fig. 3, in said figure broken lines 6 indicating the lines along which the metal is bent to produce the structure above described. The end walls 4 may,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

' Application filed Januar 13, 1920. Serial No. 351,227.

7 or may not, be joined by'solder, not shown,

to the rear wall The rear wall 3 extends rearwardly past the rear edges of the end walls 4: to form a tongue 7. The tongue 7 is designed to fit between the fuel tank, indicated at 0 Fig. hand the seat board (l. Thus the tongue 7 is securely clamped between the seat and the fuel tank, when the seat board is in the normal position, to prevent looseness and rattling of the tool box. Also the flange 5 is adapted to project forwardly over and rest upon the upper edge of the front board a of the seat so that when the seat board (Z is in place it clamps the flange 5 between the seat board (Z and the front board 0.

The tongue 7 may be curved as shown in the drawings, as may also the remaining portion of the rear wall to conform more or less closely to the fuel tank 0. The rear wall 3 at its lower portion is shown substantially engaging the tank 0, but such engagement is not necessary to the support of the tool box, since the box is amply supported by the tongue 7 and flange 5.

In the instance shown in the drawings the tool box is cut from a single piece of sheet metal in such manner that the end edges of the front wall 1 and the front edges of the end walls f join one another, the lower edge of the front wall and the front edge of the bottom join one another, and the rear edge of the bottom and the lower edge of the rear wall 3 join one another. The tongue 7 is provided at one end with an opening 8 to accommodate the filling plug, not shown, of the tank 0.

The rear wall 3 may have its rear edge portion doubled over, as indicated. at 9, so as to form a smooth edge that will not cause injury to the person handling the tool box. For this same reason the end walls 4: have their upper marginal portions doubled over, as indicated at 10.

To use the invention, assuming that the tool box is in place as shown in Fig. l of the drawings with various tools, not shown, in place in the box, if the driver of the vehicle desires to use one or more of the tools in the tool box, he will raise the seat board (3, thus releasing the tool box. The driver will then grasp the box in any convenient manner and raise the same from the space occupied there- .by and he will place the tool box on the running board of the vehicle, or in any other position convenient for the removal of the tool or tools which he -desires to use. he has finished using the tool or tools he will return the box to its position beneath the seat board and will lower the'seat board so as to securely clamp the tool box in place broader phases to the exact details shown and described, and that the invention includes such changes and modifications as may lie within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 7

LA tool box comprising front, end and rear walls and a bottom, the rear wall having a rearwardly projecting tongue adapted to extendbetween the seatboard of a vehicle and the fueltank thereof, and the front wall having a forwardly extending flange adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the front board of the seat. I V

2;A- tool box comprising front, end and I rear walls and a bottom, the rear wall extending asl ant rearwardly and upwardly and forming a tongue adapted to extend between the seat board of a vehicle and the fuel tank thereof, and the front wall having a forwardly extending flange adapted to rest uponthe upper edge of the front board of the seat.

' 3. A tool box comprising front, end and rear walls and a bottom all formed of a single piece of sheet metal, and the end edgesof the front wall and the forward edges of the end walls being joined together, the lower edge of the front wall and the forward edge of the bottom being joined together, the rear. edge of the bottom and the lower edge of the rear wall being joined together, the rear lVitnessesi 1 GEORGE HILEs, L. BELLE WEAVER.

SET-H R; SMITH. 

